I Am Delighted to Welcome a Number of Globally Acclaimed Music Artists This Season. One of Music's True Legends, VAN MORRISON
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I am delighted to welcome a number of globally acclaimed music artists this season. One of music’s true legends, VAN MORRISON, returns in May for two dates as festival headliner at the City of Derry Jazz Festival. It is ten years since Country music icon KRIS KRISTOFFERSON performed at our venue. He makes a very welcome return in June. There is more to enjoy as part of the Jazz Festival with renowned Irish artist and her legendary band, MARY BLACK, in May. One of Ireland’s greatest jazz and blues singers, MARY COUGHLAN, joins us in the same month while Grammy-award winning legend DON MCLEAN, takes to our stage this season. I am excited about the impending arrival of multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, storyteller and actor FINBAR FUREY to the Forum in June for one night only. His long career has also included a singing role in Martin Scorsese’s film ‘Gangs of New York’. There is much for our family market this season with, firstly, our in-house theatre group for adults with learning difficulties, Stage Beyond, and their stage production of Jonathan Swift’s GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. The Grove Theatre brings us GREASE in June while Kaleidescope stages MY FAIR LADY in the same month. Comedy drama is also popular with our patrons and we have the hilarious IT’S WINE O’CLOCK in May and MAGGIE YER MA in June. There are seven nights of live Country music, featuring many acclaimed stars, and hosted nightly by the ever popular Daniel O’Donnell when OPRY LE DANIEL is broadcast on TG4 in May. Younger children will be delighted to see CBB’s BING LIVE in July as well as all the MILKSHAKE! favourites such as Bob The Builder, Little Princess, Shimmer and Shine and their friends in August. Foyle Opera brings their now yearly production to our venue with Franz Lehár’s comedic operetta, THE MERRY WIDOW this season. Classical Music Magazine has hailed APOLLO’S FIRE as ’the USA’s hottest baroque band’; I am delighted to welcome them to their first visit to the Millennium Forum. This season sees the pinnacle of our yearly offering for our youth market with our youth musical CATS in July and our INTERACT festival for young people aged 12-21. If you are a young person or know a young person who would like to get involved, please contact us. I hope you can join us in our new season! You can view our full programme at millenniumforum.co.uk Thanks to all our patrons and sponsors for their continued support and encouragement. David McLaughlin Chief Executive Welcome to our Summer season! The Millennium Forum is a registered charity: no. XR16635 It’s Wine O’Clock At the wedding of the year, farmer’s wife, Vera, is thrilled her son is getting hitched but nothing is going to plan. A riotous rabble of familiar characters will join Seamus and his bride for this drink- fuelled shindig which becomes a night of hilarious revelations. Entertainment on the dance floor is provided by Ireland’s greatest wedding band ‘Keep ‘er Lit’ and guests include ‘The Bridesmaids’, ‘The Grannies’ and local farmers, Pat and Eamon. Don’t miss this smash-hit comedy Tick-Tock... IT’S WINE O’CLOCK! Thur 3rd May Time: 8pm Tickets: £21.50 (includes development fee) Mary Black Sings Jimmy MacCarthy Mary Black and her legendary band are back to promote her new album ‘Mary Black Sings Jimmy Mac.’ Hear them perform timeless songs of a generation from ‘No Frontiers’ to ‘Katie’ to ‘Bright Blue Rose’ and many more- songs so many of us know by heart and also some brand new songs written by Jimmy. A special night where Mary brings her magic to these incomparable songs and many more besides. Fri 4th Mary Time: 8pm Tickets: £27.50 (includes development fee) Chezzie’s Chance A new comedy by Dave Duggan. Featuring the music of Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billy Eckstine, Freddie Hubbard, Fannie Johnston and more, the play swings to the rhythm of that moment in life when the young leave the nest. With Orla Mullan as Donna and Conor O’Kane as Chezzie and a trio led by ace trumpeter, broadcaster and jazz academic, Linley Hamilton. Fri 4th and Sun 6th May Studio Theatre Time: Fri 7.30pm and Sun 3pm Tickets: £10.50 (includes development fee). Concessions available. Mary Coughlan Mary Coughlan is arguably one of Ireland’s greatest jazz and blues singers; a true artist who has carved out a timeless and highly regarded career and a legion of devoted fans worldwide. Her seminal first album, “Tired and Emotional”, rocketed her to overnight fame in 1985 and, fifteen albums later, her ability to deeply connect with both the song and her audience remains undiminished - a testament to her inner strength and to the power of transformation and redemption. Resonant with the grief of Billie Holiday, the soul of Van Morrison and the defiance of Edith Piaf, to hear Mary sing is to be at the core of the human heart. Mary’s band on the night will feature Irish guitar legend Jimmy Smyth. “A song is not complete unless it has been sung by Mary Coughlan.” Melody Maker Sat 5th May Time: 8pm Tickets: £21.50 (includes development fee) Van Morrison One of music’s true legends, Sir Van Morrison, returns to the Millennium Forum as part of The City of Derry Jazz Festival. The multi award winning singer, composer and performer will be showcasing songs from his most recent studio albums “Roll with the Punches” and “Versatile” - as well as dipping into some of his greatest and best known hits from undoubtedly one of the most revered back catalogues in music history. Sun 6th and Mon 7th May Time: 8pm Tickets: £64.50, £70.50 SOLD OUT Opry Le Daniel Strictly Over 16’s https://www.facebook.com/OpryleDaniel/ Live recordings hosted nightly by Daniel O Donnell bringing the best of country talent to the Millennium Forum Theatre, Derry. Tickets from £20+£1.50 dev. Fee Concerts start at 7.45pm Sunday 13th May Country Music Family: Brendan/James/Stephen Quinn Charley Pride Monday 14th May George Jones Tribute: Georgette Jones/Jimmy Buckley/Robert Mizzell Country Music Family: Dominic/Barry & Colm Kirwan Tuesday 15th May Country Music Family: Derek/Adrian/Pat Ryan Young Country: Stuart Moyles/Keelan Arbuckle/Olivia Doulas/Caitlin/Brandon Mc Phee Wednesday 16th May Classic Country: John Hogan/Kathy Durkin/Shaun Cuddy/Gloria Contemporary Country: Donna Taggart/Jacqui Sharkey/Niamh McGlinchey Thursday 17th May Johnny Cash Tribute: Sandy Kelly/Declan Nerney/Jordan Mogey Lisa McHugh Friday 18th May Jim Reeves Tribute: Al Grant/Tony Kerr/Patrick Feeney/Matt Leavy Isla Grant Saturday 19th May Loretta Lynn – A Celebration: Tayla Lynn Heller/Niamh Lynn/Louise Morrissey/Leona Williams Rita Coolidge The Simon and Garfunkel Story 50th Anniversary Tour Direct from its success at London’s Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, a sold out worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, “The Simon & Garfunkel Story” is back! Using huge projection photos, original film footage and a full live band performing all the hits including ‘Mrs Robinson’, ‘Cecilia’, ‘Homeward Bound’ and many more. “Fantastic.” - Elaine Paige, BBC Radio 2 “Authentic and exciting.”’ - The Stage Sun 20th May Time: 8pm Tickets: £18.50 (includes development fee) Don McClean ‘American Pie’ singer, Don McLean, will return to our stage for what promises to be another memorable evening. Following a sell-out concert in 2015, this much anticipated return from the Grammy Award-winner is guaranteed to delight local music fans. Don’t miss your chance to see the man who brought us ‘American Pie’, ‘Vincent (Starry Starry Night)’, ‘Crying’ and ‘Castles In The Air’ – one of America’s living legends - Don McLean. Sat 26th May Time: 8pm Tickets: £25, £33.50, £36 (includes development fee) Cash Returns Hailed as the greatest and most exciting Johnny Cash and June Carter Tribute in the UK and Ireland by fans and venue owners alike, Cash Returns promises to be a very special evening. The show comprises the award winning JP Mac as Johnny Cash whose baritone voice, tone and onstage mannerisms bear a scarily uncanny likeness to the Man in Black’s. JP is joined onstage by his sister Caroline, who takes on the role as June Carter. You can go along to hear all the classics from ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ to ‘Ring of Fire, ‘Walk the Line’, right up to ‘Hurt’ and, of course, the smash hit ‘Jackson’ among many others. Fri 1st June Time: 8pm Tickets: £18.50 (includes development fee) My Fair Lady Regarded by many as one of the greatest musicals of all time, My Fair Lady tells the heart-warming story of cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle who dreams of becoming a lady in a flower shop and her unlikely relationship with the arrogant and overbearing Professor Henry Higgins. This thrilling new production from Kaleidoscope stars Aideen Fox as Eliza Doolittle and Kerry Rooney as Henry Higgins. Sat 2nd and Fri 3rd June Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £16.50, £18.00, £20.00, £24.00 (includes development fee). Concessions available. Finbar Furey Multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, storyteller and actor Finbar Furey makes a welcome return to our stage. The Irish folk legend, who has left his mark on the music of Ireland for more than four decades as the lead singer and uilleann pipes player for the Fureys, has always been at the forefront of musical change. His long career has also included film and TV appearances including a singing role in the 2002 Martin Scorsese film, ‘Gangs of New York,’ as well as the award-winning 2016 film ‘The Wild Goose Lodge’, for which he wrote and played the music.